Muddy /(?)/

1. Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots.
2. Turbid with mud; as, muddy water.
3. Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure.

   This muddy vesture of decay.

4. Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull; stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague.

   Cold hearts and muddy understandings.

   Dost think I am so muddy, so unsettled.

5. Not clear or bright.

imp. & p. p. Muddied; p. pr. & vb. n. Muddying

1. To soil with mud; to dirty; to render turbid.
2. To cloud; to make dull or heavy; to confuse. (Fig.)